How to fix the Oracle error ORA-10459: cannot start media recovery on standby database; conflicting state detected?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-10459: cannot start media recovery on standby database; conflicting state detected with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-10459: cannot start media recovery on standby database; conflicting state detected

Reason for the Error ORA-10459: cannot start media recovery on standby database; conflicting state detected

An attempt was made to perform media recovery on a standby database while another instance was performing recovery on the standby database, had the standby database open, or a data file move operation was in progress.

How to fix the Error ORA-10459: cannot start media recovery on standby database; conflicting state detected ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Close the standby on all other instances, cancel any conflicting recovery session or data file move operation, and perform manual recovery.